Sarah Millican - The Queen of Comedy-Plates

In 2008 Sarah took to the stage for one of her first high-profile gigs at the Royal Albert Hall as part of Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman ball.

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Sarah’s show ‘Not Nice’ was a huge success at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008, winning her a nomination for The Intelligent Finance Best Newcomer Award. She would return to the Festival a number of times.

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Sarah teaming up with David Mitchell and comedy legend Ronnie Corbett on Would I Lie To You? in 2010.

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Sarah during her hilarious appearance on The Graham Norton Show in 2011 alongside actor Vince Vaughan and P Diddy, during which she amused (and shocked) her American fellow guests with her candid stories.

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With her ‘Sarah’ mug on the set of Loose Women.

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Sarah with her then-boyfriend, fellow comedian Gary Delaney, in 2012. The couple got married in a small ceremony at the end of 2013.

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In an indication of just how popular she had become, Sarah was given her own BBC chat show, The Sarah Millican Programme, in 2012.

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Sarah in a singalong with Barry Manilow, James McAvoy and her beloved Phillip Schofield on The Jonathan Ross Show at the end of 2014.

Chatting with the Duchess of Cambridge after performing at the Royal Variety Performance in 2014.

Sarah during a visit to This Morning in 2016.

Sarah appearing on-stage during Sandi Toksvig’s ‘Mirth Control’ show at the Women of the World Festival in London in 2015. One of Sarah’s biggest projects in recent years has been Standard Issue, the online magazine (and now podcast) aimed at all types of women.